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Poddies still crooks under copyright law.
Australasian Business Intelligence, November, 2006
Byline: Simon Hayes
Nov 20, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Lawyers in Australia are unhappy with proposed new laws governing copyright protection. They argue that both the existing legislation and the planned reforms are too heavy-handed. However, the legal experts also reject as scare-mongering claims by the Internet Industry Association that new crimes are being created by the amendments, pointing out its already illegal to record an artist's public performance and distribute it, regardless of whether conventional or more modern digital technology is used. The lawyers argue the new laws are inadequate due to the widespread use of MP3 players that create a second digital copy of a song file on the device, now deemed to be illegal. The reforms...
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